The Global Development Partnership Limited
Registered name: THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
The Global Development Partnership Limited made £1.5m revenue and £10.1k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
The Global Development Partnership Limited’s revenue grew 190% to £1.5m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £10.1k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £335k | £505k | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £325k | £485k | £1.4m |
| Gross profit | £10k | £20.1k | £43k |
| Operating profit | £2.7k | £4.2k | £14.4k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7k | £4.2k | £14.4k |
| Profit after tax | £2.7k | £4.2k | £10.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.7k | £4.2k | £10.1k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 3% | 4% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £335k | £505k | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £4.2k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲50.8% | ▲190% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.6% | ▲142.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3k | £9.3k | £22.5k |
| Net assets | £29.5k | £70.7k | £95.5k |
| Fixed assets | £1k | £1.4k | £4k |
| Current assets | £30.5k | £71.3k | £99.5k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲35%
- Now £95.5k
- Cash at bank
- ▲143%
- Now £22.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲176%
- Now £4k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £10.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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